Commands cal col ipcrm ipcs kill line logger mesg more newgrp pg renice has Open Group requirements. Contributors need to be aware of them. Signed-off-by: Sami Kerola <kerolasa@xxxxxx> --- Documentation/howto-contribute.txt | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/howto-contribute.txt b/Documentation/howto-contribute.txt index 5df6389..e0f8ad7 100644 --- a/Documentation/howto-contribute.txt +++ b/Documentation/howto-contribute.txt @@ -117,6 +117,35 @@ Various notes multiple lines. In case the shorthand does not look good on one line use normal "if () else" syntax. +Standards compliancy + + Some of the commands maintained in this package has Open Group + requirements. These commands are; + + cal + col + ipcrm + ipcs + kill + line + logger + mesg + more + newgrp + pg + renice + + If you change these tools please make sure a change does not + conflict with the latest standard. For example it is + recommendable not to add short command line options before they + are part of standard. Introducing new short options is + acceptable. + + The Single UNIX� Specification, Version 2 + Copyright � 1997 The Open Group + + http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/7908799/xcuix.html + IRC channel * We have a new #util-linux IRC channel at freenode.net. -- 1.8.0 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe util-linux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
